The genuinely atmospheric part is the narrow canyon of Wall Street itself at early morning, before the crowds — the way the buildings squeeze the light, the columned NYSE and Federal Hall facades, the sense of standing in a slot between towers. The bronze bull near Bowling Green, by contrast, is a manufactured photo-op permanently ringed by a selfie scrum and smaller than people expect. Come early for the canyon streets and the history, skip the bull queue, and let the real payoff be the harbor and 9/11 sites a few blocks on.